Daily Dothttp://www.dailydot.com/Daily Dot Articleen-usTue, 07 Feb 2012 04:30:54 +0000Craigslist hoax comes at expense of N-Controlhttp://www.dailydot.com/business/n-control-craigslist-hoax/<p><img src='//cdn0.dailydot.com/cache/64/0f/640f650ce069cb04c11d4c6a60db6eb0.jpg'></p><p>
N-Control can&rsquo;t catch a break from the Internet.</p>
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You may remember the game controller company from its <a href="http://www.dailydot.com/news/avenger-paul-christoforo-controversy/">legendary public relations disaster</a> in December of last year.</p>
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Now the company has become the subject of a Craigslist hoax: a fake job listing which has already <a href="http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/06/n-control-to-replace-ocean-marketing-with-craigslist/">begun proliferating around the Internet as unverified fact</a>.</p>
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It wasn&#39;t posted by the company, a representative told the Daily Dot.</p>
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&ldquo;Love Gaming and Selling Great New Products? Look No Further&rdquo; reads a phony recruitment ad posted to the New York and Los Angeles Craigslist earlier today.</p>
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The ad continues: &ldquo;We&rsquo;re looking for talented sales people who love video games and are ready to earn generous commissions each month.&rdquo;</p>
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The joke? N-Control&rsquo;s PR disaster came thanks to the destructive ineptitude of its former marketing manager, Paul Christoforo. Christoforo&rsquo;s tactless &nbsp;and rude emails to customers made their way to gaming site Penny Arcade in December, and soon he was trading digital punches with <a href="http://www.dailydot.com/news/avenger-paul-christoforo-controversy/">pretty much the entire gaming Internet</a>. And losing, terribly.</p>
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Christoforo, it turns out, was a contractor, hired on the cheap to do PR and customer service for the relatively small company. So yes, it sure would be funny if N-Control were at it again, hiring strangers of dubious qualifications from Craigslist.</p>
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Except the letter is a hoax, according to N-Control&rsquo;s current PR chief <a href="http://www.dailydot.com/business/n-control-moises-chiullan-paul-christoforo/">Mois&eacute;s Chiullan</a>.</p>
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&ldquo;Consider it categorically denied,&rdquo; Chiullan told the Daily Dot in an email. &ldquo;I had Criagslist take it down.&rdquo;</p>
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This PR disaster of epic proportions had been nipped in the bud, it appears. Sorry, Internet.</p>
kevin@dailydot.com (Kevin Morris)Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:30:54 +0000http://www.dailydot.com/business/n-control-craigslist-hoax/BusinessEntertainment